Roller blind and the like



' July 29, 1-924.

R. C. ROSS 1101mm BLIND AND THE LIKE Filed June 6. 1923 Fig.1.

Patented July 29, 1924.

RUBE EI GOUPAB ROSS,

leum) Application filed. June 6,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, ROBERT CoUPAn Ross, of Ross Place, 60 Alexander Street, Dundee, Scotland, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Roller Blinds and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to roller blinds and the like. The object of this invention is to provide an improved roller blind.

According to this invention the blind is secured to the roller by a rod passing through a loop or loops formed along the upper edge of the blind, means being provided for securing the rod in the roller and means may be provided for retaining the attachment of the rod against displacement and means for facilitating release of the rod.

Referring to the drawings filed herewith:

Figure 1 is a plan of one form of attachment made in accordance with this invention Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a detail of detachable parts.

In the form shown in the drawings, a is a wooden roller having a longitudinal slot 6 one end of which is widened and deepened. End caps (Z and e of the usual pattern are fitted onto the roller. The cap d is provided with a slot 7 of corresponding width to the slot Z; and registering centrally over the deepened portion 0 of the roller slot. A rod 9 provided with a sliding sleeve h is adapted to be secured in the slot of the roller by passing one end into the slot under the cap 6 and when the ring it registers with the enlarged portion 0 of the slot the rod will lie wholly in the slot and the sleeve k can he slid under the cap (l. The sleeve it being broader than the slot the rod 9 is secured in the slot. In use, the material of the blind will normally retain the sleeve in the locked position against displacement. The sleeve h is provided with a projection 70 to facilitate release of the rod.

The device renders the blind readily detachable for washing and when the rod is freed from the roller the rod can. be just drawn out of the loop of the blind.

The device ensures that the blind shall be hung true if the loop on the blind is true and blinds cannot tear at the roller, a frequentoccurrence where the cloth is nailed to the roller.

OF DUNDEE, .SCO'LLAND.

AND THE M KE.

1923. Serial No. 643,607.

Other means may be employed for securing the rod to the roller such as a sleeve round the slotted cap d and the invention may be applied to other articles where a detachable fastening to a roller is desirable, the rod may be disposed on the surface of the roller but I prefer to arrange a slot so that it may lie below the surface of the roller the sleeve k may have a projection by which it may be easily operated for release of the rod. In a modification neither of the end caps is slot-ted and the rod is made shorter so that when one end is placed in the slot under the one end cap the rod may be laid entirelyin theslot and the sleeve which will be slightly longer in this case will be adapted to extend beyond the rod and lie under the cap to'retain the rod, means may be provided for preventing the rod from sliding into the sleeve and thereby releasing the rod at the other end, or other means may be provided for this purpose.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is a 1. Apparatus wherein a length of material is attached to a roller comprising at least one loop on the material, a rod adapted to pass through said loop, a groove is said roller in which said rod is adapted to lie, an end cap on each end of said roller under which said rod is secured and a sleeve on said rod adapted to lie in said groove and to pass under one of said end caps to retain the rod in the groove.

2. Apparatus wherein a length of material is attached to a roller comprisingat least one loop on the material, a rod adapted to pass through said loop, a groove in said roller in which said rod is adapted to lie, an end cap oneach end of said roller under which said rod is secured, a sleeve on said rod adapted to lie in said groove and to pass under one of said end caps to retain the rod in the groove and means to facilitate the operation of said sleeve to release said rod.

3. Apparatus wherein a length of material is attached to a roller comprising at least one loop on the material, a rod adapted to pass through said loop, a groove in said roller in which said rod is adapted to lie, an end cap on each end of said roller under which said rod is secured. a slot in one of said end caps through which said rod may pass and a sleeve on said rod adapted to lie in said groove and to pass under said slotted end cap to retain the rod in the groove.

4. Apparatus wherein a length or" material is attached to a roller comprising at least one loop on the material, a rod adapted to pass through said loop, a groove in said roller in which said rod is adapted to lie, an end cap on each end of said roller under which said rod is secured, a

ROBERT GOUPAR ROSS. 

